World champion Mathieu van der Poelwith a rib injury, will have to give up consecutively the GP Nys in Baal and the Koksidje Trophy, the X20 Cyclocross Trophy in Belgium, the latter to be held this Friday, and a doubt for the Cup of the World this Sunday in Dendermonde, if where he will face his great rival Van Aert, as announced by the Alpecin-Deceunink team.
The world champion suffered “a lot of pain in his ribs” as a result of crashing into a pole during the cyclocross event in Loenhout on Friday. “The discomfort has worsened over the past few days,” his team explained. Mathieu and the team will make the decision on Saturday. “I hope to be ready for Dendermonde, though I fear it will be a close decision.”
‘VDP’ won the five events it participated in this season before its misfortune: Zonhoven, Mol, Gavere, Loenhout and Besançon.
His winter cyclocross program was preceded by the World Cups in Maasmechelen (January 25) and Hoogerheide (January 26) before his big goal of the season: winning a seventh rainbow jersey at the Lieven World Cup (February 2). the Belgian Eric De Vlaeminck’s record
Source: La Verdad
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